ev|    b#¤vÓÏya|    s£taya|    s|rÖD:    pâxaXrm¯    ,
llazE    B#¤k[z£|    k]Ïva    ravN:    p#Ïy¤vac    h    .1.

ev|   b#¤vÓÏya|

while speaking as above

s£taya|

Sita

s|rÖD:

feeling provoked

pâxaXrm¯

harsh words

llazE

on forehead

B#¤k[z£|   k]Ïva

knitting brows

ravN:

Ravana

p#Ïy¤vac   h

replied as follows

1.Ravana   feeling   provoked   while   Sita   was   speaking   as   above,   knitting   his
eyebrows   on   his   forehead   spoke   the   following   harsh   words.

B#ata    vW½vNÞyah|    sapÏÓyaE    vrv¢NI¢n    ,
ravNaE    nam    Bd#|    tE    dSg#£v:    p#tapvan¯    .2.
yÞy    dEva:    sgÓDvaI:    ¢pSacptgaErga:    ,
¢vd#v¢Ót    Byaì£ta    m¦ÏyaE¢rv    sda    p#ja:    .3.
yEn    vW½vNaE    B#ata    ¹WmaæO:    karNaÓtrE    ,
dqvÓdqvmasa¢dt:    @aEDad#NE    ¢v@Øy    ¢n¢jIt:    .4.
mìyaäOÏp¢rÏyÇy    Þvm¢D¿anm¦¢¼mt¯    ,
kWlas|    pvIt½E¿mÒyaÞtE    nrvahn:    .5.
yÞy    tÏp¤Ýpk|    nam    ¢vman|    kamg|    S¤Bm¯    ,
v£yaIdEva¢jIt|    Bd#E    yEn    ya¢m    ¢vhaysm¯    .6.

B#ata

brother

vW½vNÞy

of the son of sage Visrava, Kubera

Ah|

I

sapÏÓy:

younger wife's son

vrv¢NI¢n

lady of excellent complexion

ravNaE   nam

Ravana by name

Bd#|   tE

may all be well with you

dSg#£v:

ten headed

p#tapvan¯

famous in the three worlds

yÞy

from whom

dEva:

gods

sgÓDvaI:

with gandharvas

¢pSacptgaErga:

fiends, birds and serpants

¢vd#v¢Ót

flee

Byat¯

out of fear

B£ta:

in terror

m¦ÏyaE:

from death

iv

like

sda

ever

p#ja:

people

yEn

by whom

vW½vN:

son of sage Visravana

B#ata

brother

¹WmaæO:

elder mother's

karNaÓtrE

from some reason

dqvÓdqv|   Aasa¢dt:

provoked to a duel

@aEDat¯

out of anger

rNE	in the conflict

¢v@Øy

was assailed

¢n¢jIt:

utterly vanquished

mìyat¯

out of fear of me

tt¯

that

p¢rÏyÇy

deserting

Þv|   A¢D¿an|

his abode

§¢¼mt¯

wealthy

kWlas|

on mount kailas

pvIt½E¿|

the foremost of mountains

AÒyaÞtE

lives

nrvahn:

on a palanquin carried by men

yÞy

whose

tt¯

that

p¤Ýpk|   nam

pushpaka by name

¢vman|

aerial car

kamg|

which can go anywhere one likes

S¤Bm¯

beautiful

v£yaIdEv

by prowess

Aa¢jIt|

was snatched

Bd#E

lady

yEn

by whom

ya¢m

I roam

¢vhaysm¯

in the sky

2   to   6.Ravana   told   Sita   that   he   was   the   glorious   ten   headed   step
brother   of   Kubera,   Ravana   by   name,   from   whom   gods,   gandharvas,
fiends,   birds   and   serpants   ever   run   away   out   of   fear   like   the   people
fear   death;   provoked   for   some   reason   by   anger   he   had   a   duel   with
Kubera   who   was   vanquished   in   the   conflict,   left   his   own   city   in   fear   and   now
lives   in   mount   kailash;   the   celebrated   aerial   car,   pushpaka   by   name,
which   can   go   wherever   one   likes   was   snatched   by   him   from   Kubera   and
he   roams   about   in   that   aerial   car.

mm    s¸atraExÞy    m¤K|    è¾qvWv    mW¢T¢l    ,
¢vd#v¢Ót    p¢ræOÞtaÞs¤ra:    S@p¤raEgma:    .7.

mm

my

s¸atraExÞy

when provoked to anger

m¤K|

face

è¾qva   ev

seeing only

mW¢T¢l

Mythili

¢vd#v¢Ót

take to flight

p¢ræOÞta:

terrified

s¤ra:

gods

S@p¤raEgma:

with Indra as head

7.Ravana   told   Sita   that   the   gods   headed   by   Indra   take   to   flight   alarmed   to
see   his   face   when   provoked   to   anger.

yæO    ¢t¿aØyh|    tæO    maâtaE    va¢t    SHq¢kt:    ,
t£v#a|S¤:    ¢S¢Sra|S¤à    ByaÏsØpïtE    r¢v:    .8.

yæO

where

¢t¿a¢m

halt

Ah|

I

tæO

there

maât:

wind

va¢t	blows gently

S¢Äðt:

due to apprehension

t£v#a|S¤:

with fierce rays

¢S¢Sra|S¤:   c

with cool rays

Byat¯

out of fear

sØpïtE

is transformed

r¢v:

sun

8.Ravana   told   Sita   that   where   he   stays   the   wind   blows   gently   and   the   sun
transforms   its   fierce   rays   to   cool   rays   out   of   fear.

¢nÝkØppæOaÞtrvaE    nïà    ¢Þt¢mtaEdka:    ,
Bv¢Ót    yæO    tæOah|    ¢t¿a¢m    c    cra¢m    c    .9.

¢nÝkØppæOa:

with still leaves

trv:

trees

nï:

rivers

c   ¢Þt¢mtaEdka:

with still waters

Bv¢Ót

becomes

yæO

where

tæO

there

Ah|

I

¢t¿a¢m

stay

c

also

cra¢m   c

and roam also

9.Ravana   told   Sita   that   wherever   he   stay   or   roam   about,   the   leaves   of   the
trees   are   still   so   also   the   waters   of   rivers.

mm    parE    sm¤d#Þy    lÄða    nam    p¤r£    S¤Ba    ,
sØp¥NaI    raXsWrqGaErWyITEÓd#Þyamravt£    .10.

mm

my

parE	on the other side

sm¤d#Þy

of the ocean

lÄða   nam

Lanka by name

p¤r£

city

S¤Ba

beautiful

sØp¥NaI

is filled with

raXsW:

ogres

GaErW:

dreadful

yTa

like

iÓd#Þy

Indra's

Amravt£

amaravathi

10.Ravana   told   Sita   that   the   city   of   Lanka   is   on   the   other   side   of   the   ocean
and   is   filled   with   ogres.   In   beauty   it   is   like   Indra's   Amaravathi.